Not only was Han Zhuoqi astonished, but even the Lihuo Hall disciples watching the spectacle from afar were shocked. Their jaws nearly dropped to the ground.
No one had expected Senior Disciple Sister Han, whose martial arts stood foremost in Lihuo Hall, to fail to subdue Zhang Xiaohua!
Even Zhang Ping'er stood with her mouth agape.
She had witnessed Zhang Xiaohua's martial arts and knew he was formidable—he could even kill Lei Hu! Yet by the measure of her own martial knowledge, that was as far as it went. In her mind, aside from the inner disciples of Mocu Palace on Yi Xiang Peak and the peak-guarding disciples of Ruijin Hall, the most formidable were the Hall Master of Lihuo Hall and her own master. After them came her own Senior Disciple Sister Han Zhuoqi.
Han Zhuoqi was considerably older than Zhang Ping'er and was Yin Yin's eldest disciple. Many times, she taught in her master's stead. Though Zhang Ping'er was nominally Yin Yin's youngest disciple, most of her martial arts had been taught by Han Zhuoqi. That was why Zhang Ping'er had thought of Han Zhuoqi first to capture Zhang Xiaohua. In Zhang Ping'er's mind, no matter how formidable Zhang Xiaohua was, he could never possibly be Han Zhuoqi's match!
Seeing Zhang Xiaohua escape so easily, Zhang Ping'er ran over in shock, grabbed Han Zhuoqi's arm, and cried miserably, "Senior Disciple Sister, wh-what do we do? Y-you couldn't even stop him!"
Han Zhuoqi had calmed down by then. She let out a long breath, her eyes full of meaning as she looked at Zhang Ping'er. "Ping'er, where did you find such a fierce man? Could a Pill-Refining Hall disciple possess martial arts so peerlessly high? Even... even Elder Purple Ginseng is probably only at this level!"
"Ah? How could